Dictionary

aid

Pronunciation: (ād),[key]—v.t.1. to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.2. to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate.

—v.i.to give help or assistance.

—n.1. help or support; assistance.
2. a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary.
3. aids,Manège.a. Also callednatural aids. the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight.
b. Also calledartificial aids. the devices by means of which a rider increases control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale.
4. aide-de-camp.
5. See foreign aid.6. a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.
7. Eng. Hist.(after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions.

AID

Pronunciation: (ād),[key]—n.U.S. Govt.the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961.